reunification campaign

• Why did the communists decide to take Guangdong?


  It was the GMD capital for the last few years of the war and there was no last minute attempt to save it.
• How long after the PRC was declared was it captured?


  2 weeks
• Why did it have problems in the late 1950s?


  Nationalist forces in the west
• Why did they decide to take Xinjiang?


  It was being used as a buffer zone by the soviets to stop Japan invading.
• How did the communists take Xinjiang?


  They used conquest and negotiation- Uyghur leaders were offered positions in local councils
• What did the communists do after they had taken Xinjiang?


  Long march veterans ran the CCP units and Han Chinese were sent in to weaken the culture
• Why did the communists take over Tibet?


  It was no longer protected by the US and the UN was to involved in the Korean war to do anything.
• How long did it take them to gain control?

  6 months
• Who did they make a deal with?

  Russia so they could do the same with Outer Mongolia.
• What did they do once they had invaded Tibet?


  Brought in Han settlers to promote a Chinese lifestyle
• Who backed the resistance in Tibet?

  The American CIA